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iOS 18 will revamp Control Center, add new text effects in iMessage

In the days leading up to Apple’s 2024 WWDC, virtually everything the company plans to reveal has started to leak online. Just yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Siri is getting an AI overhaul in iOS 18, and now, even more iOS 18 details have been unveiled.Shortly after Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman published an article about the Siri…

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Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled ‘unachievable’ as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn

Taxpayers are facing a £1bn bill for the Post Office to replace its controversial Horizon IT system, Computer Weekly has learned – but government experts sent in to assess the funding request have reported that the critical project is currently unachievable. The plan to develop a replacement for Horizon and remove its supplier, Fujitsu, is…

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Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder

A former student at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) says he was hauled over the coals by the college for having acted responsibly and “with integrity” in reporting a security blunder that left sensitive information about students exposed. Bartek Wytrzyszczewski faced misconduct proceedings after alerting the college to a data breach exposing…

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Google Maps gets a huge AI boost with this free web app

Google Maps can be a really useful tool. But, if you want to take things up a notch, then a free web-based AI Google Maps tool could help make things even more useful. That’s because this tool allows you to search for new restaurants and other spots much more easily.The tool is called Top-Rated.online, and…

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Galaxy Z Flip 6 might have the innovation Apple needs to make a foldable iPhone

About a week ago, I looked at a Galaxy Z Fold 6 display rumor and realized how important it might be for the foldable iPhone that Apple is supposedly working on. A leaker said the new Samsung phone will have a foldable display with a less visible crease than before. That’s a key Apple requirement…

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GEEKOM A7 mini-PC Review : Premium Phoenix in a Compact 4×4 Package

The introduction of the Intel NUC in the early 2010s kickstarted the ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) trend for desktop systems. Processors with TDPs ranging from 6 – 15W formed the backbone of this segment in the initial years. The emergence of configurable TDPs for notebook processors has prompted some vendors to introduce UCFF systems with regular…

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TSMC’s 3D Stacked SoIC Packaging Making Quick Progress, Eyeing Ultra-Dense 3μm Pitch In 2027

TSMC’s 3D-stacked system-on-integrated chips (SoIC) advanced packaging technologies is set to evolve rapidly. In a presentation at the company’s recent technology symposium, TSMC outlined a roadmap that will take the technology from a current bump pitch of 9μm all the way down to a 3μm pitch by 2027, stacking together combinations of A16 and N2…

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Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed

Fujitsu is set to receive a further £180m in taxpayers’ cash to extend its contract to run the controversial Post Office Horizon IT system for a further five years. As revealed by Computer Weekly yesterday (30 May), the project to replace Horizon has hit major problems, and the Post Office has requested £1bn of extra…

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I’m ditching my Sonos Roam and getting this new Beats speaker instead

I remember when Beats discontinued the Pill and Pill+ in 2020 and 2022. While there certainly isn’t a shortage of options in the portable speaker market, I was sad to see the company abandon speakers completely — especially since Apple was venturing into it with the HomePod and HomePod mini.While I use the AirPods Pro…

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Interview: EU data chief Ulrich Ahle on obstacles to Europe’s digital single market

Ulrich Ahle, the new chief executive of European Union (EU) data scheme Gaia-X, has been embroiled in a global political tussle over what rules should govern cross-border data flows. Responsible for implementing part of the software infrastructure for a planned European digital single market, his ambition – and Europe’s – is even greater still: a…

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